Geekout 27: Naked Shields, BioShock porn, and new Chromebooks

This week on Geekout we took a look at some of the fun things happening around the web, including leaks from Apple, upcoming products from Google, XCOM, and BioShock Infinite, erm, “fan art.”

The first gaming console by Nvidia may not be the most popular gaming device out there, but it was an impressive first effort by the hardware company. As they work to polish their handheld machine, we took a quick look at their prototypes, and how Nvidia came to their final design for the console.

BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea is still far too many weeks away for our liking, but if you’d like to catch the first five minutes of the DLC there’s an easy way to get what you want. It’s going to be a lot of fun to take a walk through Rapture before everything falls apart, but the wait seems to be infinite.

Speaking of BioShock, apparently some people have kept themselves busy during the wait by making porn featuring Elizabeth. BioShock Infinite‘s creative director Ken Levine politely asked everyone to stop during a Reddit AMA, which naturally caused the exact opposite to happen.

Google’s Chrome OS is showing no signs of slowing down, as two of four new Chromebooks were announced earlier this week. The HP 11-inch Chromebook and the new Acer C720 are each firsts for different reasons. HP’s newest Chromebook is the first to use a microUSB port to charge, meaning you can charge your phone and your laptop off of the same cable if you don’t have an iPhone. Meanwhile, Acer’s latest offering is the first Haswell Chromebook in the lineup, promising more than eight hours of battery life in a given day.

The app of the week is XCOM: Enemy Unknown, which just landed on iTunes today. We haven’t exactly tested this iOS game out yet, but we’re quite familiar with the PC version and are looking forward to getting our hands on this hot new iOS title. Today XCOM is on sale for $9.99.

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